649 patents
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Utility
Securing assembly for a rotor blade
7 Feb 23
An apparatus for securing first and second skins to a core in a composite rotor blade includes an elongated member configured to be installed through a passage in the core of the composite rotor blade.
Kenneth F. Deyo, Andrew Paul Scott, Frank M. Caputo, William P. Fallon, Jr.
Filed: 29 May 19
Utility
Pivoting sail fairing system and rotary wing aircraft including the same
31 Jan 23
According to an aspect, a pivoting sail fairing system includes a rotatable fairing, for rotation about a first axis of rotation of an aircraft, that includes a housing that defines a compartment arranged inward from the housing, the housing including a first orifice on a first surface and a second orifice on a second surface of the housing, and a first actuator mounted on a surface of the compartment inward from the housing.
Jonathan Witt
Filed: 5 Mar 20
Utility
Eccentrically adjusted rotating scissor pitch control link
24 Jan 23
An adjustable control link for transferring rotor shaft rotation to a rotating swashplate, the adjustable control link includes an elongate element rotatable with the rotor shaft, the elongate element having a first end.
John C. Cox
Filed: 9 Jan 20
Utility
Apparatus and method for impedance balancing of long radio frequency (RF) via
24 Jan 23
An apparatus comprising a stack of printed circuit board (PCB) layers having a primary longitudinal structure forming a radio frequency (RE) via including a principal tuning section (223) and a constant longitudinal structure (227) along a conductive column support (255) journaled through the layers in the via.
Jesse Michael Zamarron
Filed: 21 Nov 19
Utility
Direct additive synthesis of diamond semiconductor
17 Jan 23
In an embodiment, a system includes a three-dimensional (3D) printer, a neutral feedstock, a p-doped feedstock, an n-doped feedstock, and a laser.
David Glen Findley
Filed: 11 May 21
Utility
Advanced mission interaction control yoke for advanced autopilots or autonomous aircraft
17 Jan 23
An aircraft and a control yoke for operating the aircraft.
Margaret M. Lampazzi, Robert S. Takacs
Filed: 6 Sep 19
Utility
Adhesive panels of microvane arrays for reducing effects of wingtip vortices
17 Jan 23
A wing includes a low pressure side, a high pressure side opposite the low pressure side, and a drag reducing apparatus coupled to the low pressure using an adhesive.
Brian T. Rosenberger, Eric Frederick Charlton, Daniel N. Miller
Filed: 13 May 20
Utility
Mobile pressure tool for rotor blade processes
10 Jan 23
A pressure tool for rotor blade repair including a mobile support system including a support surface, a first bladder support assembly including a first inflatable bladder fixedly mounted to the support surface, a second bladder support assembly including a second inflatable bladder pivotally mounted relative to the support surface, and an activation mechanism operatively coupled to the second bladder support assembly.
Ryan Lehto, David W. Littlejohn, Sven R. Lofstrom
Filed: 20 Oct 20
Utility
Method and assembly for extracting press fit bushings
10 Jan 23
An assembly for removing a bushing is provided including a mandrel having a size and shape similar to the bushing and a receiver having a hollow interior cavity.
David W. Caywood, Timothy James Conti
Filed: 30 Apr 20
Utility
Core matertal for balanced rotor blade
10 Jan 23
A method of forming a balanced rotor blade assembly includes measuring a weight of a plurality of sub-components of the rotor blade assembly excluding a core.
Eric Cotton, Aaron Daniels
Filed: 4 Aug 17
Utility
Building block for space-based phased array
10 Jan 23
An apparatus includes an aperture layer coupled to a polarizer layer.
Timothy Patrick Wink, James F. Mulvey, Eric P. Osborne, Thomas R. Stephenson
Filed: 11 Nov 21
Utility
Wideband distributed power amplifiers and systems and methods thereof
10 Jan 23
A distributed power amplifier includes radio frequency (RF) input and output terminals.
Roland Cadotte, Jr.
Filed: 17 Dec 20
Utility
Rotor blade assembly for bearingless rotor
3 Jan 23
A structural member for use in a rotor system which rotates about a rotational axis includes a pin which extends substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis, a filler component positioned adjacent the pin, and a plurality of layers of composite material having fibers oriented lengthwise along a central axis which is perpendicular to the rotational axis.
Eric S. Parsons
Filed: 14 Jul 20
Utility
Monolithic attitude control motor frame and system
3 Jan 23
A monolithic attitude control motor frame includes a monolithic structure including an outer surface of revolution and a plurality of side walls defining a plurality of cavities extending radially from the outer surface of revolution.
Wayne K. Schroeder
Filed: 14 Jan 11
Utility
Heat exchange using phase change material
20 Dec 22
A heat exchange device comprising phase change material-impregnated heat conductive foam disposed between fluid stream channels in a heat exchanger element.
Eugene Charles Jansen, Cathleen Needham, Scott Morris Maurer
Filed: 26 Jul 17
Utility
Reduction of reflections through relatively angled transmissive surfaces and gradient-index layer
13 Dec 22
Disclosed are optical systems that vary the refractive index of at least one relatively angled transmissive surface to reduce reflections.
Christopher B. Fleagle, Clara R. Baleine, Corey L. Bungay, Erwan A. P. Baleine
Filed: 18 Nov 19
Utility
Autonomous spacecraft propellant gauging
6 Dec 22
An autonomous spacecraft propellant-gauging system, the system including a propellant tank, one or more heating devices, at least one temperature sensor and a processor.
Jay Harold Ambrose
Filed: 4 Sep 19
Utility
Securement and release mechanisms for spacecraft
6 Dec 22
A carrier of a spacecraft can include multiple latch assemblies that are linked together and held in place by one notched bolt or main shaft, which is out of the main load path.
Matthew Owen Zevenbergen
Filed: 28 May 19
Utility
Rotating steering mirror and methods, assemblies, and systems thereof
6 Dec 22
A rotating steering mirror assembly comprising a first wedge rotatable relative to a base and a second wedge rotatable relative to the first wedge to controllably tilt a mirror on an outward- or forward-facing surface of the second wedge.
Dennis J. Adams, Alan F. Lindsay
Filed: 20 Apr 20
Utility
Bond fixture for root end laminate or rotor blade
29 Nov 22
A bond assembly includes a fixture having a first section movably coupled to a second section.
Sven Roy Lofstrom, Ryan Lehto
Filed: 21 Jan 20